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Tomorrow’s meeting schedule of the Escambia County Commission will be a bit different than usual. The time change is being made to allow for commissioners to attend funeral services of a local priest, Father Jack Gray of St. Anne’s Catholic Church, who passed away last week.
The [...]

Escambia County may soon be getting a RESTORE lobbyist. The board of county commissioners will consider this week if it should employ the services of a lobbying firm to lookout for Escambia’s interests where RESTORE Act funds and Deepwater Horizon spill matters are concerned.
Staff is [...]

Pensacola City Council members this week spoke out against Mayor Ashton Hayward’s apparent intention—relayed via a public statement from Escambia County Commission Chairman Gene Valentino—to use a recently passed gas tax to further economic development efforts instead of contributing to mass [...]

Pensacola Beach may be seeing dogs, and Perdido Key may be seeing ‘beach.’
During tomorrow’s Escambia County Commission meeting commissioner’s will consider changing the name of the Key and establishing two dog parks on Pensacola Beach. The board is also expected to finalize the [...]

Escambia County Commission’s RESTORE Act advisory committee is beginning to take shape. While the full committee will reveal itself by the end of the month, some seats have already been assigned.
Earlier this week, a collective of local environmental groups selected Christian Wagley to [...]

A collection of local environmental organizations have selected Christian Wagley to represent environmental concerns on the Escambia County Commission’s RESTORE Act advisory committee.
Wagley, who owns Sustainable Town Concepts, an environmentally focused consulting firm, said he considers [...]

The Pensacola City Council will be asked Thursday to approve David Penzone as the city's representative on Escambia County's RESTORE advisory committee. City Administrator Bill Reynolds informed council of Mayor Ashton Hayward's choice during this afternoon's Committee of the Whole [...]

The Escambia County Commission is expected this afternoon to sign on to the latest formula agreed to for the county-level RESTORE Act pot.
“It isn’t exactly what we wanted, but it’s what brought everybody together,” said Commissioner Grover Robinson, who has been the commission’s point [...]

The Escambia County Commission will consider this week if two contract kennel technician positions should be changed from contract to full-time jobs.
Currently the county uses contractual labor to perform various work. It has had difficulty securing such labor when it comes to work at the county [...]

With this afternoon’s deadline approaching, Escambia County has released an updated list of nominees for the RESTORE advisory committee’s environmental seat. A list of organizations which have qualified to participate in the seat’s selection process—as well as a list of those yet to [...]

Hashing out the specifics of a possible noise ordinance, some members of the Escambia County Commission flinched upon hearing the $2,000-plus price tag for decibel readers. Not Commissioner Wilson Robertson, who said the investment would be worth it even at $100,000.
“I’ll tell you right [...]

Prior to approving the design contract for a planned 4-H center last night, the Escambia County Commission dug deep into the organization’s concerns pertaining to costs and the possibility of securing land for agricultural purposes.
“I come to you tonight because I have 15-month-old twin [...]